Advisories

ZITADEL before 3.4.15 and 4.17.1 Cross-Organization Account Takeover via Passkey Enrollment

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severity
critical
date
Affecting
  • zitadel >= 0, < 4.17.1

  • zitadel >= 0, < 3.4.15

CWE
  • CWE-862 Missing Authorization
CVSS
9.3
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N
Credit
rud, rz1027, lyhtheori, AdamKorcz, IAM-marco, grvijayan
Description
ZITADEL 3.x before 3.4.15 and 4.x before 4.17.1 contains an improper authorization vulnerability: when issuing passkey or passwordless enrollment codes, it checks only the organization in the x-zitadel-orgid header, not the target user's organization. Attackers with user-write permission in one organization can obtain an enrollment code for a user in another organization on the same instance and register their own authenticator to take over that account.

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